- present participle of coo.
cooing
Example Sentences
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They alternate among softer cooing, silent breakdowns, half-rapped bridges, and multitracked vocals designed to encourage stadium singalongs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026
“Nah,” I thought, as I watched the cooing baby in my arms.
From Salon • Dec. 3, 2025
You could hear them cooing inside the courtroom as they flipped through children's books.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025
Waking up to the sounds of Princess Peach giggling or Zelda softly cooing “wake up,” is, yes, odd, but I appreciate the burst of frivolity before I start worrying about my to-do list.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2024
He’d seen plenty of polar bear cubs from inside his parents’ tundra buggy, but never one this close-up, and suddenly he was cooing like the sappiest tourist.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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